This book is a compendium of papers presented and circulated in the International Seminar on Defence acquisition organised by the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses on July 12-14, 2011.

It contains 29 chapters organised in nine key themes: technical requirement and capability definition; technical and commercial evaluation challenges; optimal procedural framework; contract implementation and project management; logistics management; offsets; defence industrial and R&D base; oversight, organisational structure; and human resource in defence acquisition. Written by the practitioners, industry leaders and subject experts, the book brings out the best international practices in defence acquisition.

Contents

Towards an Optimal Procedural Framework: The Indian Experience • Fine Tuning Procedural Framework to Achieve Balance in Defence Acquisitions • Defence Acquisition: Indian Army’s Perspective

Challenges of Defence Procurement: A User Perspective • Perspective of the Indian Air Force on Key Issues of Defence Acquisition and the Reform Measures: Needed to Expedite Defence Procurements

A Critique of the US Defense Acquisition Process • Complex Programme Management in Defence • Indian Experience in Contracting/Post Contract Implementation and Project Management Challenges

Logistics Management: The French Experience • Harnessing the ‘PPP’ Model in Defence Acquisition and Construction Works to be a Catalyst for Participation of the Private Sector

Perspectives on Performance Based Logistics • Review of International Offset Experience

International Offset Experiences and Policy Prescription • Impact of India’s Offset Policy on Military Industrial Capability and Self-Reliance

Explaining China’s Improving Defence Industrial and Innovation Capabilities • Self-Reliance Through Smart Acquisition • Indian Ordnance Factories: An Agenda for Change

Defence Acquisition: A Shipyard Perspective • FDI in Indian Defence Industry • Transparency and Oversight in UK Defence Acquisition • The Indian Defence Acquisition System: Improving Oversight and the System

Defence Acquisition Systems: A Look at Selected Nations • Organisational Structure and Procedural Framework for Defence Acquisition in Brazil: The Challenge of Technology Transfer

Capacity Building for Defence Technology Acquisition and Oversight • Defense Acquisition Workforce Management in the United States • Best Practices in U.S. Defence Procurement